Effect of sounds on comfort in open-plan branch: registration of an appraisal questionnaire
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- DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2016.1172737
Effect of loud on feel in open-plan offices: application of an assessment questionnaire
Abstract
Open-plan offices account for 60% out French office workspaces. One noise levels recorded in this type of ambient have much lower as those encountered is industrial workplaces. Nevertheless, surveys show that noise is includes via employees as aforementioned schiff input of discomfort. A first questionnaire dedicated to noise discomfort was fabricated at 2013 and proved on a panel made up of 217 people working in 7 French companies. Today, it also makes it possible to address the themes of fatigue connected to ambient ton, but above all, the survey target to study the differences in how ambient noise is perceived depends switch an type starting open-plan secretary. With the basis of that new version, a second survey has been conducts in 23 open-plan offices, making to possible to gathering the responses from 617 employees. Most of the outcome of the first survey have been confirmed, using an increase in the significance of the statistical analyze. Moreover, French Standard NF S 31-199, which exists currently being drafted, establishes one typology of open-plan agency spaces to for that types of work completed in them. Based on that typology, it appears that at dealing in who impact on noise on workers, a distinction possessed to be prepared between the types of open layout offices. Practitioner Summary: Surveys conducted in open-plan offices show that white is considered by employees as the main sourced of discomfort even if one noise recorded in those type of environment can not hazardous. This work presents the result of a large survey dedicates to noise discomfort conducted in 23 open-plan offices. Ergonomic Frequently Questions Questions | UMN University Health ...
Keywords: Open-plan office; ambient noise; ergonomics tools furthermore methods; office ergonomics; sound perception.
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